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Self report
methods:
what is a questionnaire?
pre-set
written questions
assess
thoughts
and/or
feelings
may be used to asses
dependant
variable
Self report methods:
what is an open-question?
Doesn’t have a
fixed
range of answers —> participants free to
Use
produce
qualitative
data
Self report methods:
what is a closed-question?
offers a
fixed
number of responses
can be
qualitative
data —> can be turned into
quantitative
data
easy to
analyse
but answers may lack
depth
and
detail
closed questions:
what is the likely scale?
strongly
agree—agree—neutral—disagree-strongly
disagree
closed questions:
what is the rating scale?
very
entertaining
1 2 3 4 5 not
entertaining
at all
Closed questions:
what is the fixed choice?
[]
entertaining.
[]
boring
what are filler questions?
questions included to disguise the
aim
of the study
they are included to
confuse
the participants as they have
nothing
to do with the study
what are structured interviews?
pre-determined
set of
questions
that are asked in a
fixed
order
what are unstructured interviews?
no set
questions
but a
general
topic
interviewee is encouraged to
expand
on their answers
what are semi-structured interview?
A list of
questions
have already been
set
but they are free to ask any
follow up
questions
what are strengths of questionnaires?
cost
effective
gather lots of data
quickly
can be completed without
researcher
present
data can be easily
analysed
comparisons
can be made
what are weaknesses of questionnaires?
social desirability
bias
response
bias - responding in a similar way
acquiescence
bias - agreeing regardless
strengths of structured interviews?
standardised
—>
easily
replicated
reduced
differences between interviews
weaknesses of structured interviews?
bias
leading
questions
strengths of unstructured interviews?
more
flexibility
more
in-sight
—> able to ask flow up
questions
weakness of unstructured interviews?
interviewer
bias
hard to draw
conclusions
hard to
analyse
data